What would you like to try?
 

What kind of instrument would you like to try playing?

Personally, I would like to try a 4-valve sousaphone, which Jupiter makes.

Marimba, Pedal Steel Guitar, Cello, Moog Taurus

the kudiyapi - type of boat lute used by the Higaunen of Misamis Oriental

http://aedv.cs.tu-berlin.de/~brandei...r/kudyap32.gif

I don't know how to play anything other than the keyboard, so I think it would be cool to play guitar. Just simple and accoustic.

Sitar, Bass (better).

That's all, I'm actually quite happy about being able to play guitar and saxophone.
The only instrument that would be appealing is drums, but they don't appeal to me!

Yeah, add sitar to my list.

Banjo, sitar, Any bowed instruments

i play euphonium and drums, so id like to try maybe a cello... ah and those big **** off gongs!

oh and Theramin.

I would like to be able to play the mandolin, violin, and dulcemer. I have alot of others on my list too, but those are just the ones I would like to play soon.

the thumb piano, french horn, because of its intricate design and legendary history. one day a troubador with a really long aluminum horn thing threw it beacause he was mad, and then it sounded better. oh, there is nothing classier. or the kazoo,

Harp and Saxophone

Anyone know anything about playing sax? I want to learn this summer, thinking about taking lessons. Anything I should know about it? Is it very difficult to play? What type is best to learn on? Alto?

Harp is such a fun instrument!!! It looks really hard, but the strings are color coded which helps a lot.

They should do that with guitar strings. Color code each fret with a note color. That would be funny. :) A little too easy in my opinion for a guitar, but great for a harp. They just have way too many strings.

a ****ing BBBb octacontrabass clarinet

imagine how long it takes to tune :yikes:

Ah yes as Kurt Cobain said "What are they tuning, a harp?"

I think a hammer dulcimer would be fun, since it's more like playing drums, than playing a guitar. I'd also like to learn the typical drumset, as I'm only playing a djembe, right now.

ive also wanted to play the cello or the violen but it looks super hard...considering i only play drums and limited piano.

To me, the violen doesn't look too awful hard, but I suppose it could be one of those things that people make look soooo easy, but isan't. I'm gonna give it a shot one of these days and see what happens.

Pick a saxophone you like the sound of. If you like fairly high, alto or soprano is your best bet. Tenor is somewhere in the middle, baritone is nice for low-end stuff.

Sax is actually very easy to learn. Difficult to master, though, just so you know. Just make sure to get a good one. Reputable companies are: Yamaha, Keilworth (Mostly pro instruments from these guys) Selmer, Selmer Paris, Jupiter, King.

Cheers man. :)

Phoned up today, seems nowhere in the city does sax lessons, it'll involve a fair bit of travelling for each lesson but I figure it'll be worth it. I'm gonna have a couple lessons then if I take to it will be looking to buy one, your advice should come in pretty useful.

Jaynie, I think sax can be self-taught, especially if you are already familiar with another woodwind instrument. If not, the only difficulty probably lies in the mouth positioning. The notes you can learn on your own easily with one book. Last time I tried to play, I couldn't hold a note for a very long because of my smokers lungs. You really gotta put a lot of push into hitting notes compared to other woodwinds.
Btw, did you decide which kind of sax you were interested in? Personally I like the alto sound.

Aww thanks Hookers, I didn't know you'd tried sax before. I'd pretty much decided on alto yeah, I like the sound, and I was an alto singer too and I noticed what I could sing was much more versatile than soprano or baritone, so was hoping it would work that way with the saxophone. I may be wrong but my fuzzy logic seemed to make sense.

I'm not experienced with any other such instruments but my best mate played clarinet for years so she'll be around, I just worry about the expense of buying one and then finding it's not for you. The sax teacher from out in the sticks suggested I rent one, which is my new plan. Hookers if you have any sax music or any good webites PM me, thanks hun. :)

the big guitar that mariachis use, and the zylophone

An Anthony Braxton wannabe? ;-)

Would like to respectfully offer my counter-opinion... Alto is definitely the horn to start on, followed by tenor. Can't imagine any compelling reason to start on bari (too big, physically demanding on beginners). A bad idea to start on soprano--it's just too squirrelly a horn, and you surely won't score any points from family/roommates!

Mr. I-man is correct about saxophone being easy to learn, hard to master. About getting an actual horn--Yamaha is far and away the best choice for a beginner horn. As for pro horns, I'd put Selmer (Paris) at the beginning of that list without question. Pre-1977 pro model Selmers are the gold standard by which all other saxes are judged.

Kindest regards,

Without question, bass guitar! ... with inspiration by James Jamerson (house bassist for Motown while they still were in Motown) and Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report. More gigs to be had, and you have a lot more control over the band and the groove.

Key listening/viewing resources:

• What's Going On, by Marvin Ga ye; James Jamerson is the unsung hero on this landmark recording. The story is that he came home from the initial recording session for the title single and told his wife that he had just played on a history-making song.
• Shadows And Light (DVD) by Joni Mitchell; her backup band on this live concert video is perhaps the most stellar jazz all-star collection since the Massey Hall concert with Bird and Diz. Jaco Pastorius' stage demeanor is a good deal more sedate than on his later appearances with Weather Report and as a leader, but his grooves and technique carry the music with the unstoppable power of a Mack truck and the agility of an X Games' motocross racer. WOW.

I personally would love to play bassoon and alto flute beforeI finish highschool. I also really want to play acoustic guitar and piano.

I started learning on baritone. Then again, I was already 16 years old.

I'd like to have a bass saxophone one day

I would like to try playing the Didgeridoo. You know... The Australian instrument that's made from hollowed out limbs and tree trunks. :)

Its hard. I cant do it... My friend has one , and its just.. impossible for me to do for some reason.

But then, the only advice I was given was "breathe out and in at the same time". Great help he was...

^ heh heh... its fun..

you have to circulate your breathing so that you can blow continuosly... also you have to have very strong mouth and face muscles to be able to blow for a long time and manipulate the sound... its actually really hard to do....

Hehe...I can play the didgeridoo, very easy, but it's hard to get different tone levels, but it's as simple as blowing in and taking breathes between. Thought I want to play the Electric Guitar, I think they're amazing!

Harp, that is what i wanna play.

wow! he windmills as good as Pete Townshend!

i have always wanted to play brass instruments, i have a trumpet mouthpiece but no trumpet to attach it to which is a shame but id love to play the tuba or trombone

Barritone or Bass Sax. Truley one of the sexiest sounding instruments next to the double bass that is.

Haha, I can play the baritone sax....

Cello...tis always been a dream of mine to play one...

Or the violin, ever since I heard Patrick Wolf play one

I've always wanted to try the drums.

It would probably be the sitar